Earlier this evening, President Biden gave us his final interview. As President of the United States,

we were working with a tight time limit because the next thing on the president's schedule was a national security meeting.

In fact, by the end of the interview, which President Biden allowed to go well over the time limit,

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was waiting for the president to leave. Despite the time limit, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was waiting for the President

to leave. Despite the extra time, we did not get to many of the questions that I spent

days writing for this interview. The news cycle pays attention to President's public statements.

History pays attention to their decisions. Those decisions are not made in public.

I went into the Oval Office today hoping to illuminate how this president made some of the most

important decisions of his presidency, knowing that with the time limit, we wouldn't be able

to get to all of the important decisions of

his presidency. Here is that Oval Office interview unedited in its entirety.

We're ready?

Yep.

Okay.

Mr. President, thank you so much for bringing us in here today to be able to have this discussion.

Really appreciate it.

I want to begin where you left off in this room last night.

I know you couldn't see me.

I was way behind the cameras in the back of the room there under Mr. Lincoln getting my peek at it.

But I could see what America couldn't see.

I could see your family,

the vice president on that side of the room. I could see the first lady and the vice president

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